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Spokane Indians, Spokane County deepen stadium partnership as team moves to long season
Summary
County Commissioner Mary Cooney hosted Chris Duff, president of the Spokane Indians, on Spokane County Spotlight to discuss the team’s shift to a long-season affiliation with Major League Baseball, recent renovations at Vista Stadium and community partnerships that helped secure the club’s future in Spokane County.
County Commissioner Mary Cooney hosted Chris Duff, president of the Spokane Indians, on Spokane County Spotlight to discuss the team’s shift to a long-season affiliation with Major League Baseball, recent renovations at Vista Stadium and community partnerships that helped secure the club’s future in Spokane County.
Duff said the Indians moved from a short-season club to a long-season team as part of MLB’s 2020 reorganization of the minor leagues and that the change required facility upgrades to meet MLB player-development standards by the 2025 opening day. “We actually moved up 2 levels of baseball. So instead of a short season, we ended up with a long season that starts early April and runs all the way through Labor Day,” Duff said.
The nuts and bolts: Duff told Cooney the team drew more than 255,000 fans to Spokane Indians games in 2024, an all-time high for the team. He said the club employs 25 full-time, year-round staff and more than 370…
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